The Laurie O'Reilly Cup is the trophy competed for by the women's rugby union teams of Australia and New Zealand. The two nations met annually between 1994 and 1998, with New Zealand winning all games, often by significant margins, as a result of which the series fell into abeyance, but was revived in 2007.
Kendra Margaret Cocksedge is a New Zealand rugby union player and cricketer. She plays for the New Zealand women's national rugby union side, the Black Ferns and for Canterbury provincially. She was a member of the 2010 and 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squads. In 2018 she won the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year Award at the annual New Zealand Rugby awards.
Chelsea Semple is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her debut for the Black Ferns against England in July 2013.
Charmaine McMenamin is a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player.
Krystal Murray is a dual code international rugby player for New Zealand.
Kennedy Simon is a New Zealand rugby union player. She is a loose forward and made her debut for the New Zealand national women's side, the Black Ferns, against the United States in 2019.
Ruahei Demant is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her debut for the New Zealand national women's team, the Black Ferns, against Australia in 2018. A utility back, Demant plays as a first five-eighth, second five-eighth or centre.
Phillipa Love is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her debut for New Zealand against Canada on 14 June 2014 at Whakatāne.
Arabella "Bella" McKenzie is an Australian rugby union player. She made her international debut for Australia against Japan in 2019.
Georgia Ponsonby is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her Black Ferns debut off the bench against France in Pau in 2021. She earned her second cap in the second test match against France.
Joanah Ngan-Woo is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays Lock and made her Black Ferns debut against the United States on 2 July in the 2019 Women's Rugby Super Series in San Diego.
Tanya Kalounivale is a Fijian-born New Zealand rugby union player. She plays at tighthead prop for Waikato and Hamilton Old Boys.
Luka Connor is a New Zealand rugby union player. In 2019, she made her debut for the Black Ferns off the bench against Canada in San Diego on 28 June. She plays for the Bay of Plenty Volcanix in the Farah Palmer Cup and club rugby for Rangataua.
Liz Patu is an Australian rugby union player. She made her international debut against New Zealand in 2014. She plays Prop for the Queensland Reds in the Super W competition.
Trilleen Pomare is an Australian rugby union player. She made her international debut for Australia at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup against Ireland. She plays at Fly-half for the Wallaroos and the Western Force in Super W.
Sera Naiqama is an Australian rugby union player. She plays Lock for the Wallaroos and NSW Waratahs.
Bridie O’Gorman is an Australian rugby union player. She plays Prop for the NSW Waratahs in the Super W competition.
Lori Cramer is an Australian rugby union player. She plays Fullback for the NSW Waratahs in the Super W competition.
Ashley Marsters is an Australian rugby union player. She plays Hooker internationally for Australia and the Melbourne Rebels in the Super W competition.
The 2022 Laurie O'Reilly Cup was the 13th edition of the competition. The matches were played on 20 and 27 of August, with both Australia and New Zealand hosting one match each.
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